Calcavella

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noun

A sweet wine from Portugal.

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Meanings

nounCalcavella (countable and uncountable, plural Calcavellas)

plural Calcavellas · alternative Calcavellos · alternative Carcavellos · alternative Carcavelhos

  1. countableuncountableA sweet wine from Portugal.

    I was better in the evening when the company was gone, and liked some calcavella which we had after supper.

    1793, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 223

Origin

So called from the district of Carcavelhos.

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APA

Calcavella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Calcavella

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